HIV PRECLINICAL VACCINE DEVELOPMENT
NIH GUIDE, Volume 24, Number 37, October 20, 1995
MAA AVAILABLE: NIH-NIAID-DAIDS-96-17
P.T. 34
Keywords:
AIDS
Vaccine
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
The Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases (NIAID) Agreement Program for HIV Preclinical Vaccine
Development to increase the number of organizations originally
awarded Master Agreements (MA) under MAA No. NIH-NIAID-DAIDS-94-20.
Current ma holders for this program are not required to submit a
proposal. The Master Agreement Announcement (MAA) is issued to
solicit MA holders who have the capability of performing the various
work categories included in the Statement of Work in support of HIV
preclinical vaccine development.
The electronic version of RFP NIH-NIAID-DAIDS-96-17 will be available
on or about October 25, 1995 through the NIH Gopher and Internet
using the following instructions and electronic mail addresses:
1. To access the NIH Gopher: Point your gopher client to
GOPHER.NIH.GOV PORT 70 (You should now be in the NIH Gopher.)
Select "Grant and Research Information", then select "R&D Request for
Proposals (RFP)".
2. To access the NIH Grant Line (Internet): Configure your terminal
emulator as: 1200 or 2400 baud, even parity, 7 data bits, 1 stop
bit, Half Duplex. Using the procedure specified in your
communication software, dial 301-402-2221. When you get a response
indicating that you have been connected, then type ,GEN1 (the comma
is mandatory) and press ENTER; you will be prompted by the NIH system
for "INITIALS?". Type BB5 and press ENTER. You will then be
prompted for "Account?". Type CCS2 and press ENTER.
INQUIRIES
The RFP for this acquisition includes only the Statements of Work,
special MA requirements, the Technical Evaluation Criteria, and
proposal preparation instructions. All information required for the
submission of an offer will be contained in the electronic RFP
package. Following proposal submission and the initial technical
review process, offerors whose proposals were judged ACCEPTABLE will
be awarded a MA that will qualify them for one or more of the 10 work
categories, as appropriate; they will then be eligible to compete for
work as Master Agreement Order (MAO) RFPs are issued under the one or
more work categories for which they qualified. Responses to this
MAA/RFP will be due on or about December 19, 1995. Any responsible
offeror may submit a proposal which will be considered by the
Government. This advertisement does not commit the Government to
award a Master Agreement.
Kristi Cooper
Contract Management Branch
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Solar Building, Room 3C07
6003 Executive Boulevard MSC 7610
Bethesda, MD 20892-7610
Telephone: (301) 496-7288
FAX: (301) 402-0972
Email: kh22k@nih.gov
No collect calls will be accepted.
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